— Ch. 1 · Origins Of The Exhibition —
Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination.
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The Museum of Science in Boston began planning a Star Wars exhibition in 2002. This project required four years of development before it opened to the public on the 27th of October 2005. George Lucas served as the guest of honor for the grand opening gala. Anthony Daniels acted as the master of ceremonies during that event. The collaboration involved Lucasfilm Ltd and received support from the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0307875. Bose Corporation presented the exhibit nationally across its tour.
Interactive Technology Displays
Visitors entered a reproduction of the Millennium Falcon cockpit for a four-and-a-half minute experience about space exploration. The simulation included rumbling seats, fans, and lights to mimic traveling through space. Anthony Daniels narrated the journey focusing on unmanned exploration of outer planets and exoplanets. Another section called Living on Tatooine used three augmented reality kiosks developed by ARToolworks Inc. Visitors moved physical props to build communities within a virtual environment displayed on large screens. A Robot Object Theater featured mockups of specific-purpose robots like pipe inspection units alongside Star Wars droids. C-3PO narrated this segment discussing human-robot interaction and robotics research.